NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 PHONE 818-354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

D.C. Agle/Guy Webster 818-354-5011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov

Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
Headquarters, Washington
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov

Advisory: 2012-258b Aug. 24, 2012

NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference

The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-258b&cid=release_2012-258b

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m.EDT),
Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its
Curiosity rover mission on Mars. The event will feature new images, an update of the rover's
progress, and a special greeting by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

Televised news conferences are broadcast live on NASA TV and online at: http://www.nasa.gov/
and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

The Mars Curiosity team is operating on Mars time. The Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than
an Earth day. Media events are scheduled based on team availability and are subject to change.
Updates of event times will be posted at:

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon

For information about NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, including the Curiosity rover, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl

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